Skype - am I in danger?

[j4k3]

I was recently threatened to be tracked down after a harmless prank call.

What number does skype use, can I be tracked, should I be worried?

He said he could track ip phones, so yeah.

Help pleasee

Cheers

[Stephen!]

Its complete ** dont worry

[Wayne]

I doubt you'll get tracked down just by doing a prank call. Keep calm. ;)

[j4k3]

hes a nutjob srs

ty guys

keep it comin

[brandon]

He only said that to scare you and it looks like it worked lol.

[Wayne]

Just deny it. ;)

[edgates]

No need to worry lol, you can't track Skype calls unless I suppose you call someone using Skype. Someone once told my mate that he'd get fined £100,000 for prank calling.

[e5]

Nope, you're in no danger. There's no possible way they can track you, they don't even know you're name, unless you typed it in and you didn't put any addresses in at anytime, plus they can't they skype calls, no.. So you're fine.

[j4k3]

+rep to all of you

[ebay]

Skype comes up as a private number. Your sweet!

[LoveToStack]

you're also not allowed to trace calls, skype or otherwise.

[Decode]

If this person does trace your ip they will only be able to trace you to the city/town you live in, not your address or anything.

[scottish]

I beleive it tracks to your local exchange for the ISP? :P

[lolwut]

I hate to say it but for as long as you're on the internet you're always at risk. So, yes, you are. :P

But, no. Skype uses a Withheld number so he can't trace you.

[mat64]

Even if they trace it to your IP, what do they plan to do with it?

[Bouncing]

Yeah they can, unless you just change your IP address.

[Captain]

Nah they can't trace you. Dont worry about it :)

[Jordy]

Well what you do say will be recorded by the Secret Service's like every other phone call but if you said something really offensive, they could request your number if it's withheld, the police would then get your IP from Skype and then contact your ISP. It's not possible to be anonymous on the internet when your ISP Logs everything.

Obviously no one would go to this effort for a prank call but if you continually harass people or break the law it will catch up with you eventually

[Recursion]

Just use lots of proxies next time.

[DJ-Ains.T]

you're not in danger. I prank called mcdonalds a lot. I love it ;D

but yer, don't worry..

[Heart Break Kid]

nah ya not mate :)
hes just trying to scare ya :(

[Jackboy]

When i did a prank call from skype i had to go to the local police station and i got a caution........































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